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==Levels==
Defense readiness conditions vary between many commands and have changed over time,<ref name="sagan"/> and the [[United States Department of Defense]] uses exercise terms when referring to the DEFCON levels during exercises.<ref name=military/><ref name="eap-jcs">{{cite web |url= http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/operation_and_plans/NuclearChemicalBiologicalMatters/322.pdf |title= Emergency Action Procedures of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Volume I - General |website= US DoD FOIA Reading Room |date= April 24, 1981 |pages= 4–7 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140113025006/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/operation_and_plans/NuclearChemicalBiologicalMatters/322.pdf |archive-date= January 13, 2014 }}</ref> This is to preclude the possibility of confusing exercise commands with actual operational commands.<ref name=military/><ref name="eap-jcs" />
On January 12, 1966, [[North American Aerospace Defense Command|NORAD]] "proposed the adoption of the readiness conditions of the JCS system", and information about the levels was declassified in 2006:{{r|noradhs}}▼
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▲On January 12, 1966, [[North American Aerospace Defense Command|NORAD]] "proposed the adoption of the readiness conditions of the JCS system", and information about the levels was declassified in 2006:{{r|noradhs}}
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